Morgan Co. has 167 known cemeteries, counting the ones where the stones are gone, but we know exist. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Mauk" <loismauk@home.com> To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 7:54 PM Subject: Re: [INPCRP] # of cemeteries in each county > Dear Angela: > > I've identified approximately 190 in Clark Co. The number at one time > reached about 210, but I eliminated a number of duplicates (different names; > same property). Since I add 2 to 4 new ones a year to that number, I'm sure > we'll top 200 eventually. And, of course, there are dozens that we'll NEVER > know about -- the tiny ones that no one ever recorded, isolated graves, > Indian burial sites, etc. Also, that 190 includes the ones that are "GONE", > the ones we can't find them, but we KNOW they existed. > > Bear in mind that the Clark Co. area was settled a good deal earlier than > most of the rest of the state. And, when the settlers came here, they > fanned out all over the place. > > I seem to recall Monroe Co.'s number being something in the neighborhood of > 300. > > I think Tippecanoe Co. has identified something like 133. > > Lois > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "G Tielking" <tielking@knightstown.net> > To: <INPCRP-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 8:34 PM > Subject: [INPCRP] # of cemeteries in each county > > > > Hello everyone. I am curious about the number of cemeteries known in each > county in Indiana. The reason I ask is that Hancock Co. has 92 "known" > cemeteries. This seems like a low number to me. > > Does anyone have a tally? > > Angela Tielking > > tielking@knightstown.net > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > > Please do not send queries through this list. > > > > > > > ==== INPCRP Mailing List ==== > If we cannot respect the dead, how can we respect the living? > >